Shooting the Moon: Photographs from the Museum’s Collection 50 Years after Apollo 11

July 20 - September 2, 2019

“In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Shooting the Moon: Photographs from the Museum’s Collection 50 Years after Apollo 11. The installation features 40 photographs ranging from documentary images of NASA’s mission to the moon to fanciful pictures including a 19th-century portrait of a man in a solar-themed costume. Notable works include Ansel Adams’s Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico; Hitoshi Nomura’s ‘moon score,’ December 19, 1975, representing an intersection of Conceptual art and stargazing; and Cortis and Sonderegger’s recreation of Buzz Aldrin’s first footprint on the moon.”

Special event: July 20, 2019 | 5–10 pm

Summer Festival at the Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza and the Cullen Sculpture Garden.